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The most beautiful word in the world has been chosen)))
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26 Oct 2007 Fri 04:17 pm |
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Desire...
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26 Oct 2007 Fri 04:45 pm |
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Yakamoz is a Greek origin word in Turkish.
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28 Oct 2007 Sun 11:06 am |
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Rengarenk 
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29 Oct 2007 Mon 09:10 pm |
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am I right in saying that in Turkish people say the sun is 'born' instead of the sun 'rises' ? My Turkish teacher once said 'the sun is born in the east' which I think was a literal translation.. If so that is something from Turkish which I love . It's as if people look different at the world because of different words to describe it..
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29 Oct 2007 Mon 11:18 pm |
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Quoting Chantal: 'the sun is born in the east' |
Ohhhh I love that! 
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30 Oct 2007 Tue 01:58 am |
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Quoting Chantal:
It's as if people look different at the world because of different words to describe it.. |
If you take the ethimology of a word you can discover "lost" meanings. or long forgotten origins.
Naming the same thing in different languages might be done with words which root can bring up whole new associations.
Like a gigantic puzzle.)))
Fascination, for example comes from latin fascinum, which originally meant (also) amulets against evil eye, spells or charms.
The sun bornes in the morning and dies in the night.)
A fascinating world.))
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30 Oct 2007 Tue 07:04 am |
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Quoting Chantal: am I right in saying that in Turkish people say the sun is 'born' instead of the sun 'rises' ? My Turkish teacher once said 'the sun is born in the east' which I think was a literal translation.. If so that is something from Turkish which I love . It's as if people look different at the world because of different words to describe it.. |
Right it's a literal translation.
As we say:
The sun is born, rises, goes down and sinks (sets)
Güneş doğar, yükselir, alçalır, batar
So
East = doğu
West = batı
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 03:30 pm |
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"ebruli" ... my favorite word so far!
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